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CENTRAL HASTINGS – A man claiming to be collecting money “for cancer” in the Madoc Township area has no connection to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Central Hastings OPP report the Canadian Cancer Society confirmed a man connected to a complaint of a suspicious person in the area is not associated with it.

On Monday, a man visited a Deloro Road home claiming he was accepting donations for the society. When the resident told the man her parents were not home and she had no money he left noting he'd return later. A little more than an hour later the man returned, “rang the doorbell repetitively and questioned the resident again as to where her parents were,” police stated in a release.

The man is described as tall, balding with white hair on the sides of his head, wearing dark clothing and carrying a black portfolio. He was driving a white Buick.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Central Hastings O.P.P. at 613-473-4234.